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patim
Occasional Contributor
14 years ago

HELP! Unauthorized error for PUT method (REST web service))

Hi, I want to test store API (REST web service) using PUT method. Steps I followed: 1. Created project > REST service > Method > Request 2. PUT/entities/{entity-id} Specify endpoints ...
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Bruiser
New Contributor
14 years ago
Hello --

Looking at the logs I see this line:

WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=public

This indicates a BasicAuthentication requirement meaning you must present a user/password for the public realm in the request headers. The absence of these credentials would account for the unauthorized error message you are receiving.

Hope this help.

Peace.